§ 31.00. CONSTRUCTION OF LANGUAGE.

Except as specifically indicated otherwise, the following rules of construction apply to the text of this ordinance.

1. The particular shall control the general.

2. In case of any difference of meaning or implication between the text of this ordinance and any caption or illustration, the text shall control.

3. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not discretionary. The word "may" is permissive.

4. Words used in the present tense shall include the future; words used in the singular number shall include the plural, and the plural the singular, unless the context clearly indicates the contrary.

5. A "building" or a "structure" includes any part thereof, and the word building includes the word structure.

6. The phrase "used for" includes "arranged for," "designed for," "intended for," "maintained for" or "occupied for."

7. The word "person" includes a firm, association, organization, partnership, trust, company or corporation, public or private, as well as an individual.

8. Unless the context clearly indicates the contrary, where a regulation involves two or more items, conditioning, provisions or events connected by the conjunction "and," "or," "either . . . or," the conjunction shall be interpreted as follows:

a. "And" indicates that all connected items, conditions, provisions or events shall apply;

b. "Or" indicates that the connected items, conditions, provisions or events may apply singly or in any combination;

c. "Either . . . or" indicates that the connected items, conditions, provisions or events shall apply singly, but not in combination.

9. Terms not herein defined shall have the meaning customarily assigned to them.

(Ord. No. 278-N, § 23, 8-1-95)